Power Of Peekay's Life

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In The Power of One we are carried through Peekay’s life from from age five to age seventeen, as the story continues we see how the people Peekay meets shapes his life as his story progresses. The Judge, Hoppie and Doc are three of the most influential people in Peekay’s life and his interactions with them helped him develop from an innocent child into a successful young adult. From Doc, Hoppie and the Judge, Peekay is taught honesty, independence, perseverance and he is given a love of learning that stays with him throughout his life. The Judge traumatized five-year-old Peekay at his first boarding school, Peekay was given unusual and cruel punishments just for being English. These series of events altered Peekay’s perception of himself, it caused him to camouflage himself by hiding his intelligence and changing himself in order to fit in. For example, Peekay who at first seemed to be a sensitive child and who grew up in the arms of his Nanny conditioned himself to never cry after being harassed and humiliated by the Judge. The Judge affects the plot because Peekay keeps the camouflage for years to come, and for a big part of the book the main question is, “Will Peekay ever learn to accept himself?”. After over a year of torture, Peekay is free of the Judge but we later find out that he has harbored hate and vengeance for years, and he releases it …show more content…

Although it was harsh, the bullying also gave Peekay a new sense of independence and maturity, he learned that he had to depend on himself and

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